1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged
him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan. 2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of
Bethuel thy mother's father. And take thee a wife from thence of the
daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3And God
Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that
thou mayest be a company of peoples. 4And give thee the
blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. That thou
mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto
Abraham. 5And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to
Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of
Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

6Now Esau saw that
Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take
him a wife from thence. And that as he blessed him he gave him a
charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan. 7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his
mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram. 8And Esau saw that
the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. 9And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had,
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of
Nebaioth, to be his wife.

10And Jacob went out from
Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11And he lighted upon
a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was
set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under
his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12And he
dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it
reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God ascending and
descending on it. 13And, behold, Jehovah stood above it,
and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God
of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and
to thy seed. 14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the
earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east,
and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15And,
behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever thou
goest, and will bring thee again into this land. For I will not
leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely
Jehovah is in this place. And I knew it not. 17And he
was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other
than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil
upon the top of it. 19And he called the name of that
place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and
will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment to put on, 21so that I come again to my
father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God, 22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's
house. And of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the
tenth unto thee.

29 Genesis 29

1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land
of the children of the east. 2And he looked, and behold,
a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by
it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon
the well's mouth was great. 3And thither were all the
flocks gathered. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth,
and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth
in its place. 4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren,
whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. 5And he
said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We
know him. 6And he said unto them, Is it well with him?
And they said, It is well. And, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh
with the sheep. 7And he said, Lo, it is yet high day,
neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together.
Water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8And they
said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they
roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep.
9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her
father's sheep. For she kept them. 10And it came to
pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's
brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob
went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered
the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11And Jacob
kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12And
Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was
Rebekah's son. And she ran and told her father.

13And it
came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's
son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my
flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 15And
Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou
therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was
Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17And
Leah's eyes were tender. But Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
18And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve thee
seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19And Laban
said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give
her to another man. Abide with me. 20And Jacob served
seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for
the love he had to her.

21And Jacob said unto Laban,
Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto
her. 22And Laban gathered together all the men of the
place, and made a feast. 23And it came to pass in the
evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. And
he went in unto her. 24And Laban gave Zilpah his
handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. 25And it
came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. And he said
to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve with
thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 26And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger
before the first-born. 27Fulfil the week of this one,
and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou
shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28And jacob
did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter
to wife. 29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah
his handmaid to be her handmaid. 30And he went in also
unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served
with him yet seven other years.

31And Jehovah saw that
Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name
Reuben. For she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my
affliction. For now my husband will love me. 33And she
conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath
heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also. And
she called his name Simeon. 34And she conceived again,
and bare a son. And said, Now this time will my husband be joined
unto me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore was his name
called Levi. 35And she conceived again, and bare a son.
And she said, This time will I praise Jehovah. Therefore she called
his name Judah. And she left off bearing.

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